diff --git a/mate-xp-home.nix b/mate-xp-home.nix
index c3fb9e9..1ff3e78 100644
--- a/mate-xp-home.nix
+++ b/mate-xp-home.nix
@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@
       cursor-theme = "ModernXP";
     };
 
+    "org/mate/panel/menubar" = {
+      item-icon-size = "32px";
+      show-places = false;
+      show-desktop = false;
+      icon-name = "";
+    };
+
     "org/mate/desktop/background" = {
 	    picture-filename = "/home/admin/.background-image"; 
     };